The FireTV is a Digital Video Broadcast receiver that is connected
to the host computer across the IEEE 1394 bus. The FireTV accepts the digital
television broadcast signals from the satellite defined by the DVB specification.
The source signal of the FireTV is directly from the parabola aerial without
the need of additional hardware device (set-top box). The digital video can be
processed (including still picture capture, demultiplexing, decoding and rendering
of the MPEG-2 transport stream and teletext viewing) on the host computer easily
by way of FireTV's advanced design and high transmission capability.

Timeshifting (simultanous recording and viewing of a channel with time difference)

Teletext

Remote control support

Multiple FireTV boxes can be used from one PC (for managing local 1394 TV network)

Hardware

Rear View

Front View

Side View

The FireTV receiver box

You can see on the left the rear, front and side views of the device.
If you move your mouse onto the connectors and LEDs this text will
disappear and the description of the element you highlighted will
appear.A perspective view of the box can be viewed on the
overview page.

Satellite Connector

The satellite signal coming down from your dish (LNB)
connects to this F-connector.

Adapter Connector

Normally the power comes through the 1394 connector and no additional
power supply is required.
An external power supply is required if you use the FireTV on a notebook
or if you use several devices on the 1394 bus at once.
The external adapter must be 12V/1.5A with it's connector's inner pin
the positive part.

Tune LED (red)

The Tune LED lights up when FireTV is successfully tuned to a channel
(more precisely to a transponder).

Operate LED (green)

The Operate LED lights up if the device is working.
If you see this LED flashing several times it means an error. Please try to restart
the FireTV box by pressing reset with a pin, or plugging out and in the 1394 or the
power adapter connector (depending on which way FireTV gets it's power).

Overload LED (yellow)

If the satellite electronic (typically the Diseq) overloads FireTV this LED will
light up. If this happens try restarting the device as described at the Operate LED.

1394 Connector

The two 1394 connectors are identical. You can use any of them to connect your FireTV box
to your PC. FireTV also works as a repeater so you can chain up additional 1394 devices
using the other connector.

Reset button hole

There is small hole on the side of the box to reset the hardware.
The reset button can be pressed firmly with a small pin.

Software

TV viewer and Radio listener application

The FireTV application has two windows, the main TV screen, and the control panel.
The main TV screen can be maximized to full screen and resized to any size you want.
Initially the application starts with the native size of the TV broadcast.
The control panel is skinned, so it is possible to create additional skins for it.

FireData Software

High-speed internet access through the satellite

FireData is a complementary application to FireTV for high
speed satellite internet connection. Internet access with FireTV
board is download only, so you still have to have a regular internet
connection (eg. through a phone line) to send requests to your
satellite Internet Service Provider (ISP) (eg. Europe Online –
www.europeonline.net). You
cannot watch TV while using FireData (with the same board), since
FireData tunes to a certain transponder to receive data stream and
watching TV would require to tune to another. It is though possible
to use two boards plugged on the 1394 cable, and to use one for
watching TV and the other to receive internet data stream at the same
time.

In addition to FireData and your browsing application your
satellite ISP may provide additional tools you have to configure
correctly in order to use the satellite connection.

Devices groupIn the
devices popup you can choose among the tuner devices on your system.
Choose your FireTV board if necessary. If you plug in your
board after starting FireData press Refresh and your device should
appear in the popup.

Connections popupYou
have to create at least one connection in order to use FireData.
Note that these are not Windows network connections. To create a new
connection press Add..., to edit an existing connection press
Edit..., to remove a connection press Delete... button. When a
connection is selected FireData automatically tunes to the
appropriate transponder.

Multicast addresses
groupMulticast addresses is an informative list about your
connection to the system. You don't have to care about it if you do
not know the meaning of these data.

Options...
buttonOptions... button is the same as in FireTV application.
Here you can adjust your lnb and diseq settings. If you have already
configured these settings in FireTV there is no need to modify it in
FireData.

Minimize to System
TrayWhile using FireData it may be practical to minimize it to
the system tray. FireData will be still running, but won't bother
you on the screen.